#echoline

She brought him to an area that he’d never been before, with boarded up houses and an abandoned park. It was even eerier than his hideout in the bowels of a forgotten theater. This old, crumbling neighborhood also brought to mind a kid-friendly mystery show that he used to watch growing up. The one with that spotted Great Dane--.

His filed that thought away when he was led up to the door of one of the houses and let inside. Echoline was right, the place certainly did look cozier in here than its outside appearance would otherwise suggest. It was clear that she had put some work into this place, made it a home again.

When she told him where the bathroom was, he thanked her and made a beeline for it. Not only did he need to wash some of the grime off his neck, but he really needed to relieve himself--he didn’t want to do it out in the woods in the company of a lady.